Tilted Kilt aims for March opening in Greeley

Snow covers the scaffolding as construction workers endeavor to complete renovations at the future site of the Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery, 610 9th Ave. in Greeley. The restaurant hopes to open in March.

The Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery, 610 9th Ave. in Greeley, is currently hiring for all positions, including wait staff, bartenders, cooks and bussers. To inquire about an interview, call (970) 353-5458.

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Liz Weiman sits in what looks like a tour bus, the door open and her coat zipped all the way to the top. The outside of the bus is covered in images of scantily clad women holding baseball bats and mugs of beer.

If Weiman had her way, the bus would have come and gone months ago.

Weiman is the general manager at the Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery, 610 9th Ave. in Greeley, a nationally franchised sports bar that was initially planned to be open in November.

She said renovation work has taken a little longer than expected, and the restaurant should be ready for customers in March.

“We signed our franchise agreement back in April, so we kind of started the basic process back then,” Weiman said. “We decided to contract it ourselves so we could overlook the project ourselves and save a little bit of money, and make sure we’re doing it right.”

After the construction work is finished, the inside portion of the restaurant will be around 6,000 square feet, with a patio area of 5,500 square feet.

Much of the construction has been focused around the patio area, about 1,700 square feet of which will be covered and contain heaters for the winter. The outside of the restaurant will also feature a putting green and a bocce ball court.

This weekend, Weiman and potential employees walked back and forth between the bus and a small office inside the nearby building that will house the restaurant. The eatery plans to open with about 180 employees, and Weiman said managers have been hard at work conducting interviews.

“It’s just kind of an open audition,” Weiman said of the interview process. “We’re hiring all positions. We’ve had kitchen guys come in and I’ve had a couple of people apply to be managers. But, you know, I’ve had kilt girls, bartenders, bussers — that sort of thing.”

So far, she said, the response has been everything they’d hoped.

“It’s been great,” she said. “The first one we did was sort of a soft casting call last weekend, and then corporate brought the RV out this weekend. It’s just been really, really good.”

The restaurant will make one more push for employees this coming weekend, with interviews conducted Thursday through Saturday. Until then, Weiman said she’s going to be mired in anticipation.